Trump Dismisses AI Extinction Risk, Says US Leads China by a Year and Must Not Lose the Race

Asked by reporters if he worries AI could lead to human extinction, Trump said 'No, I don't have any,' according to a Bloomberg report Thursday. He instead framed the risk as losing to China, saying the US leads by 'about a year' and would be 'in a very bad position' if it fails to win the AI race. The remarks land the same week Sam Altman told OpenAI staff the company is open to slowing frontier development if antitrust law permits industry-wide coordination.